The Great Southern Circus

Author : Nick West
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781450038607

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The Great Southern Circus by Nick West Pdf

With Civil War closing in, a small horse-drawn circus travels the southeastern United States in a time when there was no electricity, no paved roads, few bridges, and poor directions between towns. Braving bad weather, outlaws, and the clouds of war, this is the true story of one circus family that made that tour. It is a love story of a young girl who was a bareback rider with the circus and the young man who joined the circus just to be near her. It is also the story of a black man who joined the circus to search for his sister who was a slave. It is the story of lifetime friendships that bonded men from the North and South, black and white, in a love for each other that transcended the horror of approaching war. Based on characters who were there and events that actually happened, this book is at once a love story and great adventure. This is the story of a twoand-a-half-year-long, six-thousand-mile adventure and the people who were there. For reader reviews, log on to Amazon.com and search for The Great Southern Circus.

Author : Gregory J. Renoff
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780820344379

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The Big Tent by Gregory J. Renoff Pdf

For many people, the circus, with its clowns, exotic beasts, and other colorful iconography, is lighthearted entertainment. Yet for Greg Renoff and other scholars, the circus and its social context also provide a richly suggestive repository of changing attitudes about race, class, religion, and consumerism. In the South during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, traveling circuses fostered social spaces where people of all classes and colors could grapple with the region’s upheavals. The Big Tent relates the circus experience from the perspectives of its diverse audiences, telling what locals might have seen and done while the show was in town. Renoff digs deeper, too. He points out, for instance, that the performances of these itinerant outfits in Jim Crow-era Georgia allowed boisterous, unrestrained interaction between blacks and whites on show lots and on city streets on Circus Day. Renoff also looks at encounters between southerners and the largely northern population of circus owners, promoters, and performers, who were frequently accused of inciting public disorder and purveying lowbrow prurience, in part due to residual anger over the Civil War. By recasting itself as a showcase of athleticism, equestrian skill, and God’s wondrous animal creations, the circus appeased community leaders, many of whose businesses prospered during circus visits. Ranging across a changing social, cultural, and economic landscape, The Big Tent tells a new history of what happened when the circus came to town, from the time it traveled by wagon and river barge through its heyday during the railroad era and into its initial decline in the age of the automobile and mass consumerism.

Author : Micah D. Childress
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781621903956

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Circus Life by Micah D. Childress Pdf

The nineteenth century saw the American circus move from a reviled and rejected form of entertainment to the “Greatest Show on Earth.” Circus Life by Micah D. Childress looks at this transition from the perspective of the people who owned and worked in circuses and how they responded to the new incentives that rapid industrialization made possible. The circus has long been a subject of fascination for many, as evidenced by the millions of Americans that have attended circus performances over many decades since 1870, when the circus established itself as a truly unique entertainment enterprise. Yet the few analyses of the circus that do exist have only examined the circus as its own closed microcosm—the “circus family.” Circus Life, on the other hand, places circus employees in the larger context of the history of US workers and corporate America. Focusing on the circus as a business-entertainment venture, Childress pushes the scholarship on circuses to new depths, examining the performers, managers, and laborers’ lives and how the circus evolved as it grew in popularity over time. Beginning with circuses in the antebellum era, Childress examines changes in circuses as gender balances shifted, industrialization influenced the nature of shows, and customers and crowds became increasingly more middle-class. As a study in sport and social history, Childress’s account demonstrates how the itinerant nature of the circus drew specific types of workers and performers, and how the circus was internally in constant upheaval due to the changing profile of its patrons and a changing economy. MICAH D. CHILDRESS received his PhD in history from Purdue University and currently works as a Realtor® in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His articles have appeared in Popular Entertainment Studies and American Studies.

Author : Patricia L. Bradley
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 1572333111

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Robert Penn Warren's Circus Aesthetic and the Southern Renaissance by Patricia L. Bradley Pdf

The popularity of the circus in the United States reached its zenith in the early 1900s; as the century progressed, the circus gradually came to reflect traditional American values. In this book, Patricia L. Bradley analyzes the extent to which Warren's 1947 novella "The Circus in the Attic" and its use of the circus trope establishes a critical matrix for interpreting his fiction, poetry, essays, and literary criticism.

Author : E. Merton Coulter
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780820331997

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College Life in the Old South by E. Merton Coulter Pdf

Relates the early history of the University of Georgia from its founding in 1785 through the Reconstruction era. In this history of America's first chartered state university, the author recounts, among other things, how Athens was chosen as the university's location; how the state tried to close the university and refused to give it a fixed allowance until long after the Civil War; the early rules and how students invariably broke them; the days when the Phi Kappa and Demosthenian literary societies ruled the campus; and the vast commencement crowds that overwhelmed Athens to feast on oratory and watermelons.

Author : Carolyn M. Bowers,Linda A. Fisher
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806185576

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Agnes Lake Hickok by Carolyn M. Bowers,Linda A. Fisher Pdf

The first woman in America to own and operate a circus, Agnes Lake spent thirty years under the Big Top before becoming the wife of Wild Bill Hickok—a mere five months before he was killed. Although books abound on the famous lawman, Agnes’s life has remained obscured by circus myth and legend. Linda A. Fisher and Carrie Bowers have written the first biography of this colorful but little-known circus performer. Agnes originally found fame as a slack-wire walker and horseback rider, and later as an animal trainer. Her circus career spanned more than four decades. Following the murder of her first husband, Bill Lake, she was the sole manager of the “Hippo-Olympiad and Mammoth Circus.” While taking her show to Abilene, she met town marshal Hickok and five years later she married him. After Hickok’s death, Agnes traveled with P. T. Barnum and Buffalo Bill Cody, and managed her daughter Emma Lake’s successful equestrian career. This account of a remarkable life cuts through fictions about Agnes’s life, including her own embellishments, to uncover her true story. Numerous illustrations, including rare photographs and circus memorabilia, bring Agnes’s world to life.

Author : William L. Slout
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780809513048

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Clowns and Cannons by William L. Slout Pdf

This is the story of the survival of American circuses throughout one of the most perilous periods in our nation's history: 1860-1865. This was a period of transition for traveling exhibitions. The size of equipment and personnel had leveled off, performances were fixed, and the number of proprietors had reached a peak that would not be exceeded until the early 1870s. But still the show had to go on! Complete with notes, index, bibliography, and contemporaneous illustrations.

Author : John Shelton Reed
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : 0807841625

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The Enduring South by John Shelton Reed Pdf

First published in 1972, The Enduring South challenges the conventional wisdom that economic development, urbanization, and the end of racial segregation spelled the end of a distinctive Southern culture. In this new edition, John Reed updates the public opinion data to the 1980s and reinforces the book's original conclusions: Southerners are different and are likely to stay that way.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:319510019344363

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Bandmaster by Anonim Pdf

Author : William L. Slout
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780893700126

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Chilly Billy by William L. Slout Pdf

"Chilly Billy" was the nickname of circus mogul William Washington Cole, the chief rival of P. T. Barnum. Cole was born into a circus family in 1847, and beginning in 1870 and continuing through 1886, developed "Cole's Colossal Circus" into a money-making enterprise. He wisely invested his earnings in real estate, making himself a multimillionaire before finally closing down shop. Another landmark contribution to American circus history, complete with notes, index, bibliography, and contemporaneous illustrations.

Author : S.L. Kotar,J.E. Gessler
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786487004

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The Rise of the American Circus, 1716-1899 by S.L. Kotar,J.E. Gessler Pdf

To both young and old, the circus remains an icon of American entertainment, a wholesome pastime untouched by the passing years. But the modern circus, with its three rings, ringmaster, animals, and acrobats, is the product of nearly three hundred years of evolution. This intriguing work chronicles the history of the American circus from its roots in England through its importation to America to the end of the nineteenth century. It introduces the early pioneers of the circus, addresses business concerns such as management and training, and discusses the development of the show itself, including the incorporation of menageries, the need for animal training and care, the addition of circus music, the use of the tent, and the unique attractions of side shows and "freaks." Personal stories of those who made their lives under the "big top" are woven throughout the narrative, adding an intimate perspective to one of America's most enduring entertainments.

Author : Mindy Henderson
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-04
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781418554927

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The Great Southern Food Festival Cookbook by Mindy Henderson Pdf

The Great Southern Food Festival Cookbook is a celebration of Southern food and fun with over 500 recipes with information on 100 great events. A food festival is a wonderfully American event that happens in small towns and large cities all over the South, celebrating everything from onions to peanuts, chocolate to chowder. This collection will be both cookbook and travel guide with delicious recipes and festival information for more than 70 festivals from Virginia to Texas. Southern food and Southern parties-or rather Southern parties about Southern food-are the very best kind. Featured festivals include: Chicken and Egg Festival - Moulton, Alabama West Virginia Strawberry Festival - Buckhannon, West Virginia Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival - Warren, Arkansas Shrimp and Grits: The Wild Georgia Shrimp Festival, Jekyll Island, Georgia Suffolk Peanut Festival - Suffolk, Virginia Cornbread Festival - South Pittsburgh, TN Houston Hot Sauce Festival - Houston, Texas

Author : Deborah Hedstrom-Page
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0805432698

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From Log Cabin to White House with Abraham Lincoln by Deborah Hedstrom-Page Pdf

A picture book about Abraham Lincoln for ages 8-12. Each book also includes activities and character-building study questions based on biblical principles.

Author : George Leonard Chindahl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Circus
ISBN : UOM:39015046417021

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A History of the Circus in America by George Leonard Chindahl Pdf

Author : E.Le Roy Rice
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : History
ISBN : 9785871153987

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Monarchs of minstrelsy, from "Daddy" Rice to date by E.Le Roy Rice Pdf